Cover -- The Valkyries' Loom -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Orthography Note -- Introduction -- 1. "Cold Are the Counsels of Women": Bloodied Warps and Gilded Wefts -- The Engendered Economy of Cloth in the North Atlantic -- 2. Weaving in the Viking Age: Iceland and the North Atlantic Expansion -- 3. Textiles, Weaving, and Currency in Iceland during the Middle Ages -- 4. Textiles in Greenland during the Medieval Period -- 5. Cloth, Currency, Climate Change, and Subsistence in Greenland -- 6. Textiles and Trade in the North Atlantic during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period -- 7. The Danish Trade Monopoly in the North Atlantic and the Transformation of Women's Roles in Textile Production -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index.